NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spending on health care mergers and acquisitions hit a new record for
second quarter spending, according to Health Care M&A News.
The combined total for M&A activity in the second quarter reached $135.2
billion, up 171% compared with the first quarter spending total ($49.9
billion), and up 152% versus the same period the year before ($53.6
billion). (View full video: www.levinassociates.com/pr2014/pr1407mamq2.)
The vast majority of that combined spending—91%—came from transactions
on the Technology side, while Services contributed just 9%.

Total Deal Value, Q2:14 vs. Q1:14 and Q2:13

Q2:14

Q1:14

Q2:13

Change

Change

Services

$12,250,352,900

$12,621,647,000

-3%

$13,155,770,700

-7%

Technology

$122,922,049,570

$37,343,526,688

229%

$40,401,928,000

204%

Total

$135,172,402,470

$49,965,173,688

171%

$53,557,698,700

152%

Source: Health Care M&A News, July 2014

Deal volume also increased substantially in the second quarter, up 13%
versus the previous quarter, to 297 transactions. The quarter also
gained (20%) in comparison with the second quarter a year ago, when 248
deals were announced. Services transactions accounted for 52% of the
Q2:14 deal total, and Technology transactions made up 48%.

Deal volume surged on the Technology side, to 143 deals, an increase of
31% compared with the previous quarter. Dollar volume exploded by 229%,
to nearly $123 billion. While multi-billion-dollar pharmaceutical deals
made headlines in Q2:14, the Medical Device sector actually turned in
the highest dollar volume among the Technology segments, thanks to the
$42.9 billion acquisition of Covidien plc by Medtronic Inc., which made
up the majority of the total $59.1 billion spent in that sector.
Pharmaceuticals had a combined total spending of $56.4 billion for the
quarter.

On the Services side, deal volume remained flat at 154 deals, down 1%
compared with the previous quarter. Dollar volume was also stagnant at
$12.3 billion, representing a 3% drop in the same period, although this
segment typically has fewer prices disclosed. Long-Term Care
transactions led this category, with 60 deals and $5.2 billion in
combined spending. The Physician Medical Group sector posted 15
transactions for the quarter (up 15% vs. Q1:14), but reported an
unusually large deal for this sector, at $2.35 billion, as Amsurg Corp.
acquired Sheridan Healthcare Inc. from private equity firm Hellman &
Friedman.

“Now that the health information exchanges are functioning, investors
have decided that health care is a good place to be,” said Lisa E.
Phillips, editor of Health Care M&A News. “The equity markets
are still rewarding the big-deal makers, as well. At this point, it
looks as if this momentum could carry well into the third quarter.”

The Health Care M&A Market – Deal Volume by Sector

Q2:14

Q1:14

Q2:13

Sector

Deals

Deals

Change

Deals

Change

Services

Behavioral Health Care

7

5

40%

5

40%

Home Health & Hospice

14

15

-7%

18

-22%

Hospitals

9

13

-31%

22

-59%

Labs, MRI & Dialysis

7

11

-36%

10

-30%

Long-Term Care

60

63

-5%

56

7%

Managed Care

8

5

60%

3

167%

Physician Medical Groups

15

13

15%

17

-12%

Rehabilitation

6

2

200%

5

20%

Other

28

28

0%

29

-3%

Services subtotal

154

155

-1%

165

-7%

Technology

Biotechnology

34

26

31%

16

113%

eHealth

28

21

33%

10

180%

Medical Devices

31

27

15%

25

24%

Pharmaceuticals

50

35

43%

32

56%

Technology subtotal

143

109

31%

83

72%

Grand total

297

264

13%

248

20%

Source: Irving Levin Associates, Inc.,July 2014

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Description: Health care mergers and acquisitions gained strength
in the second quarter of 2014,while spending on those deals exploded to
record levels.